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Comment:UN expert: Allow women and girls to speak on sex, gender and gender identity without intimidation or fear
Date published: 12:31 pm, May 26th, 2023They can always use the Daily Blog and liberal critics will be the ones censored.
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Comment:Open mike 26/05/2023
Date published: 12:25 pm, May 26th, 2023It is hard to know, but it is likely there was no immediate response at Tarn Ridge because of the pandemic. That would have led to a subsequent greater cost. The budget would still be there, but if there is a budget under stress and if one can do 4 other ...
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Comment:Open mike 26/05/2023
Date published: 11:54 am, May 26th, 2023The CEO has cost the council a lot of money getting rid of staff - so they could call the cost of his removal an investment to improve the council as place to work.
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Comment:Open mike 26/05/2023
Date published: 11:51 am, May 26th, 2023Clearly it's not possible to convince someone, who wants to believe in a conspiracy theory, that it is not true. All I can do is identify the motives of those who created it, and what their purpose is. The provision of COVID money was for temporary use, ...
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Comment:Open mike 26/05/2023
Date published: 11:42 am, May 26th, 2023I don't accept that there is downright, or any other, hostility to DOC. Costs of maintenance are clearly going up (worker costs and regulatory) and weather events are worse, and in that environment budget constraint is problematic. That then exposes long ...
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Comment:Open mike 26/05/2023
Date published: 11:24 am, May 26th, 2023No more galling than for health and education workers wanting a wage increase or those who wanted a house at income related rent. Cranmer and National want to discredit the continuance of 4 year Jobs for Nature and other COVID spending programmes because ...
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Comment:Open mike 26/05/2023
Date published: 11:13 am, May 26th, 2023Under this government? Historic underfunding did not occur 2008-2017? There are two ways of managing the problem of funding maintenance of DOC assets 1 contract out the job to a an agency working for DOC - the contract specifies an obligation to fund the ...
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Comment:Open mike 26/05/2023
Date published: 10:57 am, May 26th, 2023There are the occasional campaigns to preserve places, sometimes just beaches from being bought up by private owners. https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/308359/publicly-bought-beach-officially-ours Or campaigns to save holiday camps. Maybe someone should ...
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Comment:Open mike 26/05/2023
Date published: 10:43 am, May 26th, 2023The warning can be taken in more ways from one. PW has Cook Island ancestry and was informed that Maori electorate MP's worked with local iwi and their relationships with DOC made the Minister's position more complicated when Labour was in government, more...
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Comment:Open mike 26/05/2023
Date published: 10:39 am, May 26th, 2023There is a disconnect between the initial view shows that we do not have sufficient funding to cover our basic running costs. and the problem of historic lack of funding The new hut in 2003 indicates an extension of provision while Clark was PM and United ...
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Comment:Open mike 26/05/2023
Date published: 10:17 am, May 26th, 2023Have NACT ever shown a willingness to place the environment before business interests/economy/-small government and tax cuts?
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Comment:Daily review 25/05/2023
Date published: 10:13 am, May 26th, 20231 Greens get a bump in the campaign 2 Their election night total is a disappointment 3 They do well in specials They get what the polls indicate before the election campaign.
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Comment:Open mike 26/05/2023
Date published: 10:08 am, May 26th, 2023It did and does make sense to move to use nurse aides and cleaners rather than nurse interns. That said, it did allow the interns some paid work/free board in hostels during their training period.
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Comment:Open mike 26/05/2023
Date published: 10:04 am, May 26th, 2023What senior Ministers?
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Comment:Open mike 26/05/2023
Date published: 9:56 am, May 26th, 2023To read the full article, I would have top pay "Cranmer" $100. The article stating the "underfunding has been going on for years" - is not evidence. A lot of ECE's also report a problem with lack of funding - some fund-raise to get around that. It's likely...
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Comment:Open mike 26/05/2023
Date published: 9:43 am, May 26th, 2023Key led Clark 36-28 in 2008 Hipkins CS 27 lead Luxon Seymour 25
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Comment:Open mike 26/05/2023
Date published: 9:35 am, May 26th, 2023At some point the return to apprenticeships will include public service worker training, if only to ensure the capability to deliver services. In the meantime, I would end the requirement to repay TL to those working in Enzed health and education (this ...
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Comment:Open mike 26/05/2023
Date published: 9:28 am, May 26th, 2023I'd simply point out that most budgets got limited increases (part from for wage increases to staff) for the year ahead. Conservation was/is no exception. To try and connect that to some conspiracy theory with a bit of gossip is hardly a serious case. It's...
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Comment:Open mike 26/05/2023
Date published: 9:20 am, May 26th, 2023The idea of nefarious Maori is simply Cranmer on message. Part of the GA orbit towards The Platform and the Wright brothers circling over white children like crows on the cradle. https://twitter.com/CranmerWrites/status/1520948214282678272 The solution ...
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Comment:Open mike 26/05/2023
Date published: 8:08 am, May 26th, 2023A story about a school setting the right sort of example on drugs because the safety of the pupils who go there is the most important thing. https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/education/the-headline-grabbing-headmaster-in-charge-of-aucklands-mount-albert-...
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Comment:Daily review 25/05/2023
Date published: 7:11 pm, May 25th, 2023Yeah Na.
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Comment:Open mike 25/05/2023
Date published: 7:09 pm, May 25th, 2023The problem for Luxon is that most ACT supporters would prefer Seymour as PM, that keeps him lower than Hipkins That was once a problem for Clark before becoming PM (the numbers preferring Peters as Leader of the Oppositon - problem solved when Peters went...
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Comment:Daily review 25/05/2023
Date published: 6:06 pm, May 25th, 2023I'm guessing, but the presumption is that those residents who read in that language have more money to donate to ACT.
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Comment:Daily review 25/05/2023
Date published: 5:55 pm, May 25th, 2023There was back when George Kennan advised what should replace the Cold War containment policy.
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Comment:Daily review 25/05/2023
Date published: 5:53 pm, May 25th, 2023The way that includes many is wide - but of course only by eliminating war, famine and disease (and GW) will we die of old age, one at a time. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d32rALuwRtQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HT1WyL2mCsc
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Comment:Open mike 25/05/2023
Date published: 4:13 pm, May 25th, 2023Da or DeSantis - The Police investigate. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7v2GDbEmjGE
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Comment:Daily review 24/05/2023
Date published: 11:20 am, May 25th, 2023Or is a yeah na scenario The Greens explained why the bill was wrong and then supported it. Green MP and chair of the Environment Select Committee Eugenie Sage said there was a risk the bill would allow for more urban sprawl without encouraging people to ...
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Comment:Daily review 24/05/2023
Date published: 8:18 am, May 25th, 2023Why? Did the Greens support the The Resource Management (Enabling Housing Supply and Other Matters) Amendment Act (the Act) requires medium density residential standards (MDRS) for specified urban areas, to enable a wider variety of housing choice. No.
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Comment:Open mike 24/05/2023
Date published: 8:42 pm, May 24th, 2023Variables, as stated That should all add up to downward pressure on fixed rates - good news for mortgage holders.
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Comment:Daily review 24/05/2023
Date published: 6:47 pm, May 24th, 2023The ACT leaders response to advice to set the heat pump temp to 21 degrees and have shorter showers ACT Party leader David Seymour asked whether the Government thought Kiwis "are stupid?" "It's like a burglar coming back to a house they've robbed to tell ...
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Comment:Open mike 24/05/2023
Date published: 6:35 pm, May 24th, 2023Sure we can recycle better, as Norway does. But have they sorted the micro-particle problem?
- 2023 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #20
A chronological listing of news and opinion articles posted on the Skeptical Science Facebook Page during the past week: Sun, May 7, 2023 thru Sat, May 13, 2023. This week, several shared articles did quite well on our Facebook page: 10 year anniversary of 97% consensus study, Solving Climate Change - ...7 days ago - Climate Change: A big deal
If you thought about Aotearoa's non-agricultural emissions a few years ago, four mega-emitters stood out: the Marsden Point oil refinery, the Huntly power station, the Glenbrook steel mill, and the Motunui methanol plant. Marsden Point shut down last year and is being dismantled; Huntly has been scheduled for shutdown for ...1 week ago - Luxomania!
In a suburban Botany home, a lego McMansion, a bare chested middle aged man stared closely into the mirror. He scowled, clenched his fists in front of his thighs, and tightened his chest muscles.Looking the reflection intently in the eye he growled “what are you going to do when Luxomania ...1 week ago - Dreaming of some shining city
A big chunk of this year’s budget coverage was brought to us by the words crass, gauche and venal. The big questions being put were what's in it for me, what's in it for you, and did you get something, or were you a loser?It fell to the audience to ...1 week ago - I'll Never Know Why Dark Tourist Died
Hi,I have no idea how many people watched Dark Tourist, and when we didn’t get a second season all I could really do was shrug and go “I wonder why that happened.” An exec told me that Netflix wasn’t doing any more travel shows, but then Netflix gave Zac Efron ...1 week ago - GRAHAM ADAMS: Te Pāti Māori – Kingmaker or Labour’s albatross?
Graham Adams writes – Chris Hipkins must be fast realising that with friends like Te Pāti Māori he really doesn’t need enemies. In fact, the strong possibility Labour will require its support to form a government is looking like a real threat to its chances of re-election in ...1 week ago - The number of the world’s farms to halve by 2100
New University of Colorado Boulder research shows the number of farms globally will shrink in half as the size of the average existing farms doubles by the end of the 21st century, posing significant risks to the world’s food systems. Published this week in the journal Nature Sustainability, the study ...1 week ago - Universality vs User Pays.
In the hours after the budget I saw headlines saying National would cancel free prescription fees, making them user pays again. I was really annoyed.It seemed like an obvious joke to make after the budget, an absurd satirical take. Suggesting the National Party would respond to the budget by cancelling ...1 week ago - The Hoon: Budget 2023, the $5 prescription fee, market studies, Luxon’s (un)popularity and two cur...This week was dominated by the release of Grant Robertson’s sixth Budget. Photo: Lynn Grieveson / The KākāTLDR: The week’s news in Aotearoa’s political economy I covered via The Kākā for paying subscribers included:All the key details from Budget 2023 on Thursday, where I travelled to Wellington for the Budget ...1 week ago
- Fire, rain, and budgets
Welcome to the inaugural Saturday edition of More Than A Feilding. It has two purposes. One is to give subscribers who don’t have time to read every newsletter an omnibus edition to catch up. The second is to give free subscribers a sampler of the past week. Here’s what happened ...1 week ago - Crises!
A discussion between a minister and advisor.Come in, Sit down.Thankyou Minister.We have to deal with the current crisis. You know what a crisis is? No, actually I don’t, Minister. I looked it up in a dictionary. None of its answers matched the way the term is used in public.Exactly. It’s ...1 week ago - Energy levy bills are being rushed into law while NZ focuses on the Budget – “fair” taxing bil...Buzz from the Beehive While journalists have been feverishly informing us about the Budget over the past 24 hours, they have paid scant heed to other matters on the Parliamentary agenda. This includes the Government’s introduction of four bills under urgency. The Order Paper shows a motion to accord urgency ...1 week ago
- Hamilton next week under this useless Labour Government
1. Offering her considered opinion on the budget yesterday, Rachel Smalley wrote:Middle class and wealthy New Zealanders don’t need the taxpayer to fund their $5 antibiotics prescription. This is madness. Why is she so wrong?a. Because she has a black belt in simplistic wrongnessb. Because she’s concurring with the National Partyc. ...1 week ago - Ask Me Anything about the week to May 19
It’s that time of the week for an ‘Ask Me Anything’ session for paying subscribers about the week that was for an hour from midday (my apologies for the late start today), including:Budget 2023’s inflationary impulse and what that might mean for mortgage rates and the election result;Wayne Brown’s capitulation ...1 week ago - Gordon Campbell on the Budget
Heaven help us, but this year’s Budget is what a “targeted” and “no frills” response to the financial hardship facing hundreds of thousands of New Zealanders looks like. Good to know that the government has deliberately avoided grappling with the bigger picture. So to be grateful for small mercies… No ...1 week ago - Budget 2023.
So another budget has come and gone. What did you think?Herald writer Patrick Smellie called it a “bland election year budget” saying “it doesn’t give opposition parties all that much to bite on, beyond general arm-waving about how much more the government spends these days than it used to. Even ...1 week ago - NZ Politics Daily: 19 May 2023
BUDGET ANALYSIS Danyl Mclauchlan (Spinoff): A kludgeocratic budget for the ages Toby Manhire (Spinoff): Bread and Breader: Watching the budget debate Spinoff: Budget 2023: The great Spinoff hot-take roundtable Duncan Greive (Spinoff): A budget budget from Homebrand Hipkins – with a few treats for the kids Chris Trotter: In The ...1 week ago - The power of… nothing. Robertson
As Grant Robertson rose to deliver his sixth budget, New Zealanders were wondering what his biggest, juiciest announcement would be in an election year. Few would have guessed that his big economic and political play was… nothing.In line with the Responsible Robertson role he was taken on in his two ...1 week ago - Dawn Chorus: Interest rate warnings after Budget 20231 week ago
- Weekly Roundup 19-May-2023
Welcome to Friday. Here’s our latest roundup of stories that caught our eye this week. The Week in Greater Auckland On Monday, Matt looked at Christchurch’s proposal for light rail On Tuesday, Matt covered AT’s Hobson St consultation Yesterday, Matt highlighted how we’re taking resilience more seriously but ...1 week ago - In The Lock-Up.
Not Enough: Why should the poorest New Zealanders be expected to suffer the heaviest casualty-count in the battle against inflation? Why should a handful of unelected Reserve Bank officials be able to blackmail a democratic government into austerity by threatening to throw the entire economy into recession? The welfare of ...1 week ago - Winston’s Last Shot At Redemption.The Happy Warrior: In the five months remaining before the 2023 General Election, Winston Peters has to amass enough votes to once again seize the hand-brake. Even a quarter of New Zealand’s 980,000 Baby Boomers would be enough.NZ FIRST is currently hovering around 3-4 percent in the opinion polls – ...1 week ago
- Robertson dares National to cut deeperWhat is most surprising about yesterday’s Budget is how apparently painless it was to find $4 billion in reprioritisation savings. That begs the question as to whether a tougher approach might have found more. But that might have meant cutting programs which Finance Minister Grant Robertson resolutely refuses to ...1 week ago
- Skeptical Science New Research for Week #20 2023Open access notables Visiting online haunts of climate science rejectionsits reveals a nexus of anxieties in some sections of the public: climate change and population migration. Judging from connections formed in headlines and article texts, one could easily think that readers' fears are being exploited; it's not hard to find content ...1 week ago
- What happens in a fire at Kia Kaha primary school
Patrick and Zac and Jordan are sitting quietly so they can think about what they have done.There was a fire alarm and everyone at Kia Kaha primary school had to go outside and wait in the rain.But there wasn’t any fire.It was just Patrick and Zac and Jordan playing a ...1 week ago - What happens in a fire at Kia Kaha primary schoolPatrick and Zac and Jordan are sitting quietly so they can think about what they have done.There was a fire alarm and everyone at Kia Kaha primary school had to go outside and wait in the rain.But there wasn’t any fire.It was just Patrick and Zac and Jordan playing a ...1 week ago
- Budget 2023 – a slew of press statements and an improvement in the Treasury’s fiscal outlookBuzz from the Beehive It’s the no-frills budget (says Labour) or the blowout budget (says National). But let’s bypass much of the slew of information released today and turn to the Treasury’s Budget and Economic Fiscal Update, which says the Government’s fiscal outlook is expected to improve over the forecast ...1 week ago
- Kiwis show they can fly as they give effect to their post-pandemic travel plans
Pre-Budget news has been prominent in news bulletins this week, but while cost-of-living issues are of concern to many New Zealanders, thousands of others are more focused on their post-pandemic travel plans. Starved of their jaunts abroad during the pandemic, they are now filling the seats of every available plane ...1 week ago - Labour doesn’t deliverGrant Robertson is currently reading his budget speech, to the usual applause from the performing seals on the backbench. More childcare subsidies for multinational childcare providers! Eliminating prescription charges! Subsidies for computer game companies (who already have the subsidy of being exempt from employment law)! Some of this is welcome, ...1 week ago
- Budget 2023: Some rabbits, a few more houses and a higher trust tax rateGrant Robertson says he is proud of this year’s Budget. It required him to walk a tightrope in the short-term between extra spending to win re-election, and a need to constrain fiscal stimulus. Photo: Lynn Grieveson/TheKakaTL;DR: The Labour Government has unveiled a couple of middle-class welfare policies in its last ...1 week ago
- Govt eases the way through Customs and to buying building materials – but illegal timber imports a...Buzz from the Beehive The Government has made a prohibition pronouncement under a headline that makes a dubious claim about the snuffing of illegality. The headline says Government shuts door on illegally harvested timber. Good-oh. With the door shut, there can be no way of getting our hands on illegally ...1 week ago
- Garrick Tremain’s view…
... 1 week ago - A Bread and Butter Budget.
I feel sorry for Grant Robertson, his is an impossible position. Fix all the stuff, the broken infrastructure, the roads, the homes and lives damaged by these weather events. The people in limbo unable to live in their homes, maybe even to get to their homes. You have to do ...1 week ago - What to look for in Budget 2023
1 week ago - NZ Politics Daily: 18 May 2023BUDGET Jenna Lynch (Newshub): Newshub-Reid Research poll: Kiwis support the Government introducing wealth tax Gerard Hehir (Stuff): Budget 2023: Workers need more than stop-gap measures Simon Wilson (Herald): Hey Grant Robertson, here’s some rabbits to pull from your Budget 2023 hat (paywalled) Luke Malpass (Post): Grant Robertson readies to hand down ...1 week ago
- Taking Resilience More SeriouslyThis year New Zealand has been given the clearest signal yet that we need to do our part to address climate change, both in reducing our emissions – which by most measures we’re not even trying to do – and in improving our resilience. An interesting article yesterday by Radio ...1 week ago
- ‘It’s gotten really ugly.’ A community of freedom-lovers squares off against climate change in...This is a re-post from Yale Climate Connections by Osha Davidson When I arrived at Karen Nabity’s place in Arizona’s Rio Verde Foothills on a spring afternoon, she opened the door and flashed a big smile. “Oh good!” she said, laughing as she ushered me inside. “You got here in time ...1 week ago
- Join my chat today on Budget 2023 after 2 pm
Today I’m announcing a brand new(ish) addition to my Substack publication. It’s called subscriber Chat. You may have seen it in the navigation bar when reading my articles on Substack itself, rather than in your email.This is a conversation space in the Substack app that I set up exclusively for ...1 week ago - Today’s Budget is only Part OneToday’s Budget will be only Part One of Labour’s two-part pitch for re-election. Robertson is calling it a “no frills” Budget with the big vote winners yet to come. Finance Minister Grant Robertson has repeatedly said any changes to taxation will not be in the Budget but in the ...1 week ago
- We need changeOver on The Kaka, Bernard Hickey is calling the Loafers Lodge fire a symptom of our bipartisan, low-tax, low-debt, no-housing, fuck-the-poor, asset bubble for the rich political consensus. And he's appropriately cynical about the response: So far, the response in real financial terms by the Government is business as ...2 weeks ago
- Not a coronation, but DeSantis may still deserve the crown
In all the coronation hoo-hah, it was easy to overlook another significant political event: the visit to the UK of Republican presidential hopeful, Ron DeSantis. And what do you know, he’s good. Good enough for a meaningful full length interview. Unlike so many these days. Sitting down with ...2 weeks ago - Bob Brockie’s view…
... 2 weeks ago - Prices static at latest GDT auction but farmers can still anticipate a sound Fonterra end-of-year ...Prices were relatively static at the latest Global Dairy Trade auction, which may have disappointed those farmers who had been tracking the futures market’s pointer to a rise of 1.9% in the wholemilk powder price. As it happened, the WMP auction price – which has the most impact on ...2 weeks ago
- That's not family, that's me mother-in-law
If you or I were to rent a house from our mother-in-law, and if you or I were also an MP, and even if you or I were wanting to portray our party's pro-landlord policies as sympathetic to the needs of renters,it probably would not occur to us to claim to identify ...2 weeks ago - The fire fueled by our housing and poverty crisesTL;DR: The Loafers Lodge fire has exposed the extent of Aotearoa’s housing and poverty crises, just days before the Labour Government will unveil yet another ‘no-frills’, ‘just the basics’ and ‘bread and butter’ Budget aimed at keeping interest rates low and asset values high, rather than investing heavily to solve ...2 weeks ago
- Secretive Constitutional Reform Is Political Kryptonite.Dangerous Stuff: The moment it becomes clear to non-Māori New Zealanders just how violently Te Pāti Māori’s reforms would re-arrange the country’s constitutional furniture their reaction is likely to sink any chance of a centre-left victory. Unsurprisingly, perhaps, talk of serious constitutional reform has the effect of Kryptonite on most ...2 weeks ago
- A Grim Template.Witnesses To A Massacre? The New Zealand Mounted Field Ambulance served in Sinai and Palestine in the latter years of the First World War. What connection, if any, did it have to the bloody events at Surafend? Major Alexander M. Trotter (the author’s grandfather) is seated on the right in the second row.I DON’T BELIEVE ...2 weeks ago
- Buzz from the Beehive is subdued while lobby groups brace to be delighted – or disappointed – by...Buzz from the Beehive It has been a quiet day in the Beehive, if the flow of press statements serves as a measure. In our daily monitoring, Point of Order found just two fresh announcements. Both involved job appointments. For the rest of it, Ministers and their staffs perhaps are ...2 weeks ago
- Has Te Pati Maori and its demands become the elephant in the room in the coming general election?Te Pāti Māori has almost doubled its support from 1.8 per cent to 3.5 per cent in the latest Newshub-Reid Research poll, pointing to the prospect it could play kingmaker this election. But since National’s Christopher Luxon has ruled out forming a coalition with Te Pati Maori, this underlines if ...2 weeks ago
- An Ordinary Hero.
I read the list of MP’s gifts and property interests this morning. It can be good for a laugh at some of the odder items. Or playing connect-the-dots between the gifts and what the giver might want in return. It began with a list of things given to Jacinda Ardern. ...2 weeks ago - NZ Politics Daily: 17 May 2023BUDGET Grant Duncan (The Conversation): Wellbeing is so last year – Labour’s ‘no frills’ budget points to an uninspiring NZ election Kate Prickett (The Conversation): NZ is finally making progress on child poverty – but a ‘no frills’ budget puts that at risk Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post): Less is more for ...2 weeks ago
- Mister Organ Coming to US Cinemas
Hi,I’m really excited to announce that Mister Organ will be released in US cinemas later this year.It’s been ages since Tickled played in the US — and I fondly remember how weird that shit got:As reported in Variety today:Drafthouse Films has acquired three films that it will release theatrically in ...2 weeks ago - At a glance – The 97% consensus on global warmingOn February 14, 2023 we announced our Rebuttal Update Project. This included an ask for feedback about the added "At a glance" section in the updated basic rebuttal versions. This weekly blog post series highlights this new section of one of the updated basic rebuttal versions and serves as a ...2 weeks ago
- ROGER PARTRIDGE: More planning madness from Auckland CouncilRoger Partridge writes – Anyone hoping for an end to the country’s housing affordability crisis should despair. Or at least they should if they live in New Zealand’s largest city. The villain in this instance is not the Resource Management Act. Nor is it Environment Minister David Parker’s ...2 weeks ago
- Utterly tone-deafThis morning a hostel burned down in Wellington, killing ten people. Aotearoa is a small country, and a disaster of this scale is unusual, so every political party leader was asked to comment. What did National Party leader Christopher Luxon have to say? An American-style "thoughts and prayers": National's ...2 weeks ago
- Please Mr Luxon they've tied my money to the railroad tracks and a train is coming!
Continuing this week's theme of giving credit where it's due, step forward C Luxon to receive a five foot four trophy in fake gold leaf. You win it in perpetuity for reading out three of the most breathtaking sentences of cynical bullshit I have ever heard.Sentence 1 Unless you've worked in ...2 weeks ago - Please Mr Luxon they've tied my money to the railroad tracks and a train is coming!Continuing this week's theme of giving credit where it's due, step forward C Luxon to receive a five foot four trophy in fake gold leaf. You win it in perpetuity for reading out three of the most breathtaking sentences of cynical bullshit I have ever heard.Sentence 1 Unless you've worked in ...2 weeks ago
- The art of bragging about govt money being well spent while requiring us to turn elsewhere for the d...Buzz from the Beehive The benefits that have flowed from pouring public funds into the arts is the subject of one of two new statements posted on the government’s official website in the past 24 hours or so. This statement has been released by Deputy Prime Minister Carmel Sepuloni, the ...2 weeks ago
- Plans, Pies, and Bottom Lines.
Thursday is budget day. The day when Finance Ministers traditionally eat a pie and then deliver their budget to parliament.Within moments of the speech starting articles will appear online, telling you all you need to about what it means for you. The journalists will have been in lockdown with advance ...2 weeks ago - Gordon Campbell on trying to pass National on the rightIt may be naïve to expect any politician to be consistent, but Christopher Luxon really is in a class of his own. One day, he’s out there decrying the state bureaucracy and promising to channel the money wasted on pen-pushers and bean counters back into frontline staff. Next day – ...2 weeks ago
- Dawn Chorus: Migration surge seen adding to inflation and interest rate pressureWestpac has revised up its rent and house price forecasts (and its peak OCR forecast), citing population growth as a factor. Photo: Lynn Grieveson / The KākāTL;DR: While some have argued the Government’s fiscal policy is one factor pushing up interest rates, a bigger Government-driven boost to short-run inflation this ...2 weeks ago
- NZ Politics Daily: 16 May 2023WELLINGTON HOSTEL FIRE TRAGEDY Stuff: Live: Dozens of people feared dead in Wellington hostel fire Herald: Wellington fire at Newtown’s Loafers Lodge: Multiple people dead after large fire breaks out 1News: Mayor emotional at ‘shock’ of Wellington hostel fire tragedy 1News: Wellington hostel fire: What do we know about the ...2 weeks ago
- AT’s Hobson St consultation with a differenceAuckland Transport are consulting on plans to add new bus lanes on Hobson St as part of the Northwest Bus Improvements that will see the introduction of a Western Express in November. I’ll cover the consultation later in the post but first, this consultation is somewhat unique due to the ...2 weeks ago
- I Wanted to Share Some Webworm Feedback
Hi,I wanted to check in and ask “How are you?” as I tend to do now and then — and share some feedback.Thanks for reading the Arise update over the weekend — I know a megachurch board consisting entirely of men is hardly a surprise, but I think the toxic ...2 weeks ago - Seymour and Luxon’s war on WellingtonThe two main centre-right parties yesterday launched Budget Week, agreeing that it was time to cut Government spending. There was much that was near enough to be similar in the National and ACT proposals. But the practicality of some of National’s and the political viability of some of ACT’s ...2 weeks ago
- Loan rules rile Sri Lankan law student, who regards them as racist – but why should Greg O’Conno...National MP Erica Stanford makes a good point, when she says new classrooms will sit empty if Labour keeps on failing to get kids to school and learning the basics. Only half of the country’s kids are attending school regularly, she says (with disturbing truancy data high in her considerations, ...2 weeks ago
- Fact-free commentators paradise
No sooner do you give someone a thorough bagging because they have been absolutely asking for it all day, ref than they turn around and do something praiseworthy.Here comes a bouquet, then, for David Seymour, most recently seen in this newsletter being an unexplained item in the bagging area. Well, ...2 weeks ago - Thailand votes for changeThais went to the polls on Sunday, in the second election under the military's new 2017 constitution, and voted overwhelmingly for change. The default opposition Pheu Thai Party, who the establishment has been getting the military to overthrow for the last two decades, and which was denied power last election ...2 weeks ago
- BRIAN EASTON: A fiscal fantasyland?Brian Easton writes The May 4 issue of the London “Economist” headlined that ‘Governments are living in a fiscal fantasyland’. It focussed on the four biggest economies – the US, China, EU and Japan – although many smaller ones would also illustrate its proposition, that each was losing ...2 weeks ago
- Govt will spend $400m on schools and classrooms – but Hipkins and Tinetti should be bothered by th...Buzz from the Beehive It looks like there were a couple of stragglers, when ministers of the Crown were mustered to unleash a bundle of pre-Budget press statements under an embargo that was lifted at 10.30am yesterday. Later in the day, another press release related to the clean-up of damage ...2 weeks ago
- 10 year anniversary of 97% consensus study10 years after and still going strong! Ten years ago today - on May 15, 2013 - our team published the paper Quantifying the consensus on anthropogenic global warming in the scientific literature (Cook et al. 2013). Little did we know that our publication, organized as a citizens’ science project ...2 weeks ago
- Prime Minister Nicola Willis.
For quite a few years I’ve been saying that Nicola Willis would be our next Prime Minister. I was wrong. I hadn’t bargained on Jacinda stepping down. But I still think she’ll be the next one after Chippy.National could win the next election, and it will be very close. But ...2 weeks ago - Dawn Chorus: Luxon painting himself into an unpopular and power-less corner2 weeks ago
- NZ Politics Daily: 15 May 2023NEWSHUB-REID RESEARCH POLL Jenna Lynch (Newshub): Newshub-Reid Research poll results: Remarkably close race may mean National regrets ruling out Te Pāti Māori Jenna Lynch (Newshub: Newshub-Reid Research poll results: Christopher Luxon dives as Kiwis warm to Chris Hipkins Jenna Lynch (Newshub: Newshub-Reid Research poll results: Nearly half of New Zealanders ...2 weeks ago
- Christchurch to finally get Rapid Transit?Plans for light rail are way off the rails in Auckland and on the ropes in Wellington, could Christchurch get it right and deliver New Zealand’s first modern light rail line? Last week a committee of the Greater Christchurch Partnership, a voluntary coalition of local government, mana whenua and government ...2 weeks ago
- Government increases support to disabled people
Budget 2023 increases support for disabled people to access disability services and continues our crucial transformation of disability support services. “Budget 2023 will provide $863.6 million to help ease cost pressures on Government disability support services,” Priyanca Radhakrishnan said. “This support will ensure we can meet price increases due to ...1 week ago - Budget delivers support for tertiary education and trainingExtending the Apprenticeship Boost initiative Biggest boost to tertiary subsidies in 20 years Additional funds to support forecast enrolments Supporting Te Pūkenga’s IT integration Budget 2023 ensures New Zealand’s tertiary education and training institutions are in the best possible position to prepare Kiwis for the future. Extending the Apprenticeship Boost ...1 week ago
- Rural communities to benefit from education and transport funding in Budget 2023Top up funding for emergency repairs and renewals to the transport network resulting from increasingly severe and frequent weather events Up to 1000 new EV chargers in smaller rural communities An additional 175 rural schools to get special funding for property improvements A top up of funding for emergency ...1 week ago
- Budget 2023 invests in Pacific wellbeing and prosperityBudget 2023 delivers new targeted initiatives so more Pacific communities are supported to succeed in education, jobs, business, language skills, and culture. “The package of initiatives is focused on getting the basics right, with a particular focus on youth, skills and learning, and promoting cultural connections,” Minister for Pacific Peoples Barbara ...1 week ago
- Whānau Ora system strengthened in Budget 2023Budget 2023 reflects the critical importance of Whānau Ora. “More and more whānau are using Whānau Ora services in the wake of Cyclone devastation and increases to the cost of living. In the first half of this financial year, 30,000 whānau had already used Whānau Ora services,” Peeni Henare ...1 week ago
- Māori Budget continues investment in whānau, whare and whakapapaExtra funding to build and repair more homes Boost for Te Matatini and ensuring Matariki is funded into the future More funding for Whānau Ora to provide more services Increased funding for hauora providers, Iwi-Māori Partnerships Boards, rongoā practitioners, and more prevention funding More support in Māori education for kura, ...1 week ago
- Budget 2023 delivers 3000 additional public homesAn extra 3,000 public homes by June 2025, on top of 14,050 funded to June 2024 Support for Māori housing – 322 more homes for Māori and 400 relocatable cabins to assist people and whānau displaced by extreme weather events across the North Island through ‘by-Māori, for Māori’ programmes Bolstering ...1 week ago
- Government tackles winter, waitlists and workforceMore than $1 billion allocated to increase health workforce pay rates and boost staff numbers Investment to allow for 500 new nurses Major investment to reduce waiting lists $20 million to lift immunisation and screening coverage for Māori and Pacific peoples The Chris Hipkins Government is tackling pay and workforce pressures ...1 week ago
- Tackling the cost of living and climate change togetherFree public transport for children Half price fares for people under 25 Major expansion of nationwide EV charging network Accelerating the uptake low-emission heavy vehicles like trucks and buses Reducing energy bills with 100,000 more insulation and heating retrofits Renewable energy system for Chatham Island to halve household electricity bills ...1 week ago
- Reducing power bills: 100,000 more insulation and heating retrofits100,000 additional heating & insulation retrofits that reduce electricity use by 16 percent on average Five million LED lights to help reduce energy costs Halving power bills on Chatham Island with a renewable energy system Kick-starting hydrogen use for just transition to displace fossil fuels Budget 2023 will help reduce power ...1 week ago
- New National Resilience Plan to rebuild better$6 billion initial funding for a National Resilience Plan to focus on building back better from recent weather events $100 million for the new infrastructure delivery agency - Rau Paenga Ensuring New Zealand’s infrastructure is resilient and safe Government’s Infrastructure Action Plan released The Government is setting aside $6 billion ...1 week ago
- Investing in science to boost our economic advantageThree new multi-institution hubs to increase collaboration in research and science Major investment in science and scientists Fellowships and funding to develop more than 260 future science leaders Budget 2023 positions the New Zealand economy for a low-emissions, high-wage future with a major investment into our science, digital and horticultural ...1 week ago
- Tech investment lays foundations for future economyNew 20 percent rebate for game development studios Apprenticeship-like models of training to get more people into tech careers Boosting innovation and growth in our industries Budget 2023 lays the foundations for a low-emissions, high-wage economy with a major investment into our digital and technology sectors. “The Chris Hipkins Government ...1 week ago
- Trustee tax change to improve fairnessThe trustee tax rate will be aligned with the top personal tax rate of 39 percent from April 2024, improving the fairness of the tax system and reducing opportunities for high-income taxpayers to circumvent the top personal tax rate. “When the Government put in place the 39 percent top personal income ...1 week ago
- A more resilient climate-friendly transport networkMajor expansion of nationwide EV charging network to deliver 23 charging hubs with the private sector Investment in public charging at community facilities for all towns with 2,000 or more people Investment package to build resilience in the roading network with significant upgrades for slip prevention, flood mitigation, and managing ...1 week ago
- Targeting transport costs: Free public transport for childrenFree fares for kids under 13 Half price fares for people under 25 Cheaper public transport for 1.6 million New Zealanders Better wages and working conditions for bus drivers Funding to help restore public transport service levels The Chris Hipkins Government is helping ease cost of living pressure on families ...1 week ago
- Helping with health costs: Prescription charge scrapped, providing cheaper medicineThe Chris Hipkins Government is reducing the cost of health care for New Zealand households by removing the $5 co-payment for prescription medicines from July this year. “An estimated three million people will no longer have to worry about the cost of collecting their medication,” Ayesha Verrall said. “Removing the ...1 week ago
- Cheaper Childcare: 20 hours free ECE extended to two-year-oldsExtending 20 hours free Early Childhood Education to two-year-olds Saving of up to $133.20 a week for parents Continuing pay parity for ECE teachers; up to 18.6 percent pay increase 5.3 percent increase in funding for ECE centres in recognition of rising cost pressures Extra support for Playcentre Aotearoa Free ...1 week ago
- Strong economy forecast to weather the stormInflation forecast to fall to the 1-3 percent target range by next year Economy to grow by 3.2 percent this financial year Unemployment rate projected to peak at 5.3 percent next year Wages to grow 5.2 percent a year over the forecast period Net debt forecast to peak at 22 ...1 week ago
- Budget 2023: Support for Today, Building for TomorrowBudget 2023 strikes a careful balance between supporting New Zealanders with the cost of living, delivering core public services well, improving the resilience of the country’s critical infrastructure and economy and returning to a more sustainable fiscal position. The volatile global economic backdrop, including high levels of inflation and domestic ...1 week ago
- Budget helps ease cost of living pressuresCheaper Childcare: 20 hours free ECE expanded to include two-year-olds Helping with Health Costs: $5 prescription co-payment scrapped Targeting Transport: Free public transport for under-13s, half priced for under-25s Reducing Power Bills: 100,000 more insulation and heating retrofits Budget 2023 contains a package of cost of living measures targeted at ...1 week ago
- Three new Crown members appointed to Waikato River AuthorityStuart Muir, Susan O’Regan and Shadrach Rolleston have been appointed as new Crown members of the Waikato River Authority, Environment Minister David Parker announced today. “The Authority is a key contributor to the sustainable management and protection of the Waikato River, New Zealand’s longest. The Authority’s projects include planting 120,000 ...1 week ago
- A safe, simple, more modern New Zealand border on its wayLegislation supporting safer, smarter and more streamlined border management, including the transition to an online digital traveller declaration, has passed its third reading in Parliament. The changes in the Customs and Excise (Arrival Information) Amendment Bill make the obligations concerning arrival information clearer, improve the enforcement of arrival information obligations, ...2 weeks ago
- Government shuts door on illegally harvested timberThe Government has sent a clear message to illegally harvested timber traders that they will not be tolerated in New Zealand. A new Act will stop the import of illegally harvested timber and also provides the international market with confidence in New Zealand’s timber and timber products by introducing a ...2 weeks ago
- Government taking action to improve building supply competitionThe Government will build on its measures to improve competition and transparency around building materials, with its response to the Commerce Commission’s market study into Residential Building Supplies published today. The Minister for Building and Construction Dr Megan Woods and Minister of Commerce and Consumer Affairs Dr Duncan Webb say ...2 weeks ago
- New Consul-General to Hong Kong announcedForeign Affairs Minister Nanaia Mahuta today announced the appointment of diplomat Peter Lund as Aotearoa New Zealand’s next Consul-General to Hong Kong. “Aotearoa New Zealand's connections with Hong Kong are both historical and contemporary. We have long-established expatriate communities, and a dynamic trade and economic relationship,” Nanaia Mahuta said. “As Aotearoa New Zealand’s ...2 weeks ago
- D Company representative appointed to Ngārimu VC BoardThe Associate Minister of Education Kelvin Davis today announced the appointment of David Stone as D Company Representative for the Ngarimu VC and 28th Māori Battalion Memorial Scholarship Fund Board. David Stone of Ngāi Tāmanuhiri, Te Aitanga-a-Māhaki, Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngāti Toa Rangatira and Ngai Tahu is a Barrister ...2 weeks ago
- Flee Police, lose your ride: new law to crack down on fleeing driversAllow Police to seize and impound a vehicle for a period of six months if it fails to stop Allow Police to seize and impound a vehicle if the registered owner fails to provide information about a fleeing driver and impounding the vehicle is necessary to prevent a threat to ...2 weeks ago
- Govt investment in arts delivers strong economic resultscultural sector employment grew by 4.2% in the 12 months to March 2022 cultural sector businesses nationally grew by 8.2% to March 2022 strong cultural sector GDP contribution of $12.9 billion in the 12 months to March 2022, a growth of 10.6% compared to 5.3% for the total economy High ...2 weeks ago
- New schools and hundreds more classrooms in Budget 2023300 new classrooms to be built across New Zealand Up to four new schools and school expansions to be built 6600 new student spaces established Budget 2023 builds on the Government’s record of investing in our schools and improving the lives of young people right across New Zealand, Prime Minister ...2 weeks ago
- Funding to clean up slash and debris in Tairāwhiti and Hawke’s BayThe Government is supporting the clean up of slash and debris in Tairāwhiti and Hawke’s Bay and aims to remove up to 70,000 tonnes of woody debris from river and catchment systems, Forestry Minister Peeni Henare said. “Debris from forestry in these regions has had a devastating impact ...2 weeks ago
- Cyclone recovery package builds protection for the futureInitial $100 million flood protection funding More on-farm support for the safety and wellbeing of people and stock Employment schemes to retrain workers facing volatile jobs market More support for food banks and ongoing clean-up effort The Budget 2023 Flood and Cyclone recovery package will boost resilience against future extreme ...2 weeks ago
- More mental health support including in schoolsExpansion of Mana Ake programme to Hawke’s Bay and Tairāwhiti primary and intermediate schools Extra funding for health workforce relief and more access to virtual GP and health consultations Air and road transport so isolated communities can get to the care they need Direct funding for Iwi and Māori Health ...2 weeks ago
- Government investment in roads and rail eases pressure on local councilsThe Government is stepping up to repair the North Island transport network hit by Cyclone Gabrielle and the January floods to ease the financial pressure on Councils. “The road and rail network has been hit hard by severe weather this year, and the Government is committed to both repairing these ...2 weeks ago
- Govt to repair or rebuild all weather-hit schoolsFunding for immediate repairs to over 500 damaged schools Additional funding available for possible redevelopment or relocation of schools Extra school staff and more wellbeing support for students Money to replace damaged books in school libraries The Government is committing to return all schools impacted by the Auckland flooding and ...2 weeks ago
- Flood and Cyclone recovery package covers the basicsRebuilds and repairs roads, rail and school infrastructure Big investment in flood protection to prevent future flooding Child mental health support to be provided to all primary and intermediate schools in Hawkes Bay and Tairāwhiti via Mana Ake Investment in job training and employment Further work underway on additional support including ...2 weeks ago
- Milestone reached with 500th fog cannon installedThe Government’s fog cannon subsidy scheme has hit a major milestone, with the installation of the 500th fog cannon at a store in Lower Hutt on Friday, Small Business Minister Ginny Andersen announced. “This is the latest installation of the ongoing rollout of subsidised fog cannons and one of the ...2 weeks ago
- Crucial transport link between Wairoa and Napier to reopen this weekendThe Government has restored another key transport route for cyclone affected communities, with State Highway 2 between Wairoa and Napier reopening to traffic tomorrow morning, Associate Minister of Transport Kiri Allan has announced. A blessing was held today to mark the completion of the Bailey bridge at Waikare Gorge with ...2 weeks ago
- Budget 2023 builds on progress to eliminate violenceBudget 2023 continues the Government’s year-on-year investment in initiatives to eliminate family violence and sexual violence. “Budget 2023 includes a strong focus on community initiatives to help prevent violence from happening in the first place. If and when violence does happen, Budget 2023 will also ensure more support is available ...2 weeks ago
- Westport receives funding to protect against floodsFunding of $22.9 million will support: Protecting the Westport urban area from flooding through structural flood protection Avoiding future flood risk, by supporting the councils to strengthen planning provisions Enhancing activities to build the resilience of exposed property or neighbourhoods, and an increase in civil defence and emergency management capability ...2 weeks ago
- Newsletter: May 26 2023 – Items of interest and importance today
New Zealand Politics Daily is a collation of the most prominent issues being discussed in New Zealand. It is edited by Dr Bryce Edwards of The Democracy Project. Today’s content 1NEWS KANTAR POLL Jessica Mutch McKay (1News): Poll: ‘If the Greens can’t get it together, the left will be in opposition’ Felix ...2 days ago - Political editors panel: A poll and AI posts
Morning Report - RNZ Deputy Political Editor Craig McCulloch and Newshub Political Editor Jenna Lynch discuss the implications of the latest poll and the latest technology. ...2 days ago - The Well Being Budget Of 2023 Is Certainly Not For Unborn Children!
The government is providing an estimated $13 million in its “Wellbeing Budget 2023, Support for today, building for tomorrow”, budget, to fund the killing of an anticipated 13 000 unwanted unborn children as a “health service” in the coming ...2 days ago - Doing it for whānau and ‘aiga: The wāhine facing off for the world heavyweight title
On the eve of their historic world title bout in Auckland, boxers Lani Daniels and Alrie Meleisia tell Zahra Shahtahmasebi that in a sport where women struggle to get the exposure they deserve, persistence pays off. It is still dark outside when Lani Daniels rolls off the couch to put ...2 days ago - Anti-poverty groups call out Working For Families overhaul delaysLabour says this year's Budget was simply "not the time" to overhaul Working for Families. ...2 days ago
- Anti-poverty groups call out Working For Families overhaul delaysLabour says this year's Budget was simply "not the time" to overhaul Working for Families. ...2 days ago
- The Bulletin: DeSantis delivers a debacle of a campaign launchThe launch of Florida governor Ron DeSantis’s presidential campaign has been labelled a fiasco after the Twitter Spaces event was plagued by technical issues before ultimately crashing. According to The Hill, “‘Ron’s Desaster’ was the online headline on the Daily Mail’s website. ‘Don’t say glitch — DeSantis Jumpy Start’ blared the ...2 days ago
- From self-driving cars to military surveillance: quantum computing can help secure the future of AI ...Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Muhammad Usman, Principal Research Scientist and Team Leader, CSIRO Shutterstock Artificial intelligence algorithms are quickly becoming a part of everyday life. Many systems that require strong security are either already underpinned by machine learning or soon will be. These systems ...2 days ago
- Lehrmann inquiry: what’s a director of public prosecutions or DPP? A legal expert explainsSource: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kellie Toole, Lecturer in Law, University of Adelaide Australian public prosecutors are far less visible than defence lawyers, judges and police, yet they are the most powerful actors in the criminal justice system. Every Australian state and territory, and the Commonwealth itself, ...2 days ago
- 70 years after the first ascent of Everest, the impact of mass mountaineering must be confrontedSource: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Yana Wengel, Associate Professor in Tourism and Geography, Hainan University Memorials to climbers who lost their lives on Everest. Michal Apollo, CC BY-NC-SA Mountains – their height, their mass, their climates and ecosystems – have fascinated humans for thousands of years. But ...2 days ago
- Electricity prices are rising again. Here’s how to ensure renters can cash-in on rooftop solarSource: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Bjorn Sturmberg, Senior Research Fellow, Battery Storage & Grid Integration Program, Australian National University Consumers struggling with cost-of-living pressures were dealt another blow on Thursday, when the Australian Energy Regulator confirmed energy price hikes of up to 25% from July. For the ...2 days ago
- Antarctic alarm bells: observations reveal deep ocean currents are slowing earlier than predictedSource: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kathy Gunn, CSIRO Steve Rintoul, Author provided Antarctica sets the stage for the world’s greatest waterfall. The action takes place beneath the surface of the ocean. Here, trillions of tonnes of cold, dense, oxygen-rich water cascade off the continental shelf ...2 days ago
- Working with kids, being passionate about a subject, making a difference: what makes people switch c...Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Erin Siostrom, Associate Lecturer in Science Education, University of the Sunshine Coast Yan Krukau/Pexels Teacher shortages around Australia mean there is an ongoing debate about how to attract, retain and educate more teachers. One part of the push to ...2 days ago
- I helped expose insurers for denying medical claims. 15 years on, a court has found what they did is...Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Benjamin Koh, Honorary Associate, Faculty of Business, School of Management, University of Technology Sydney Shutterstock A court judgement handed down last Friday has delivered what years of promises from Australia’s life insurance industry have not – insurance that pays out ...2 days ago
- Gore Council to consider petition urging chief executive to quitThe drama at the Gore District Council may not be over – though this time it’s not the mayor in the firing line. Stuff’s reported that the council will consider a 5,000-strong petition calling for the resignation of chief executive Steve Parry. If you’ve been following this ongoing saga, you’ll ...2 days ago
- Is the ‘density done well’ dream dead?National’s housing about-face could mean less urban housing, more city-edge sprawl, writes Catherine McGregor in this excerpt from The Bulletin, The Spinoff’s morning news round-up. To receive The Bulletin in full each weekday, sign up here. From an ‘emphatic yes’ on housing density to ‘we got it wrong’ Christopher Luxon ...2 days ago
- The ‘third world’ isn’t the bogeyman New Zealand seems to think it isHardly a day goes by without someone comparing New Zealand to the ‘third world’, and being quoted in the media for their trouble. It’s a tired, meaningless trope that says nothing about the actual problems here, writes Shanti Mathias. When I’m feeling sorry for myself, for one reason or ...2 days ago
- The Side Eye: Anahera, our neighbourFor the first time in at least 150 years, the sound of wild kiwi can be heard at night in the wild west of Wellington. This month The Side Eye investigates a community-led project showing how to nurture kiwi the right way. ...2 days ago
- When renewable energy is not ‘green’ enough
Though seemingly uncontroversial, offsetting emissions by using common renewable energy technologies is no longer regarded as ‘green’ Opinion: The 2023 Budget reminded us that climate change poses a large fiscal cost to New Zealand. A sizeable amount of what we can expect to pay – up to $23.7 billion by ...2 days ago - Mānuka: The buzz that a word makes
For years, New Zealand honey producers have been fighting for better protection of the word 'mānuka'. But this week, they suffered another setback, with the Intellectual Property Office rejecting its trademark bid. The Australians are calling it a common sense outcome, New Zealanders say it's a huge blow in the ...2 days ago - This week's bestselling books
The latest Nielsen BookScan New Zealand bestseller list, described by Steve Braunias FICTION 1 The Axeman’s Carnival by Catherine Chidgey (Te Herenga Waka University Press, $35) Wow! Eleanor Catton's four-month hold at the top of the bestseller chart has finally been broken, thanks to the publicity generated by Catherine ...2 days ago - Raw Politics: Luxon, Hipkins reveal themselves
This week on the Raw Politics podcast: The leaders front up – Chris Hipkins to his party's annual congress for the first time, and Christopher Luxon to a nationwide 'back on track' roadshow; Plus the risks of AI in political advertising. The Raw Politics team marks a couple of election year ...2 days ago - Stats NZ scurries to rescue $317m census
The first release of census data has been delayed by two months ...2 days ago - Vested interests have knee-capped the Emissions Trading Scheme
Grab first-mover advantage while you can – the Govt money from the Emissions Trading Scheme is dwindling fast ...2 days ago - The kids are right to be pissed off
Even if we take action and slow the pace of change, today's youth will live out their lives in a world fundamentally different from that enjoyed by older generations, Marc Daalder writes Comment: There is an intergenerational injustice at the heart of the climate crisis – that the people most responsible for ...2 days ago - Wrong headspace? Govt launches small business mental health tool
A new internet-based tool is aimed at helping small business owners deal with stress. ...2 days ago - Winter health plan ignores review advice
A review of last year's winter health response recommended ventilation be improved in a range of settings as part of the 2023 plan, but the Government has ignored that advice. ...2 days ago - Fighting fire with fire in dangerous politics
Embattled Conservative MP Suella Braverman is taking a leaf out of the American right-wing reactionary playbook, and it is time to reach into the populist playbook for a response, argues Dr David Jenkins Opinion: It has always been a mistake to regard the current American right as conservative, if what ...2 days ago - ‘Damning’ govt report lays out freshwater failures
Supposed protections weren’t enough to stop sensitive lakes deteriorating, a new report says. ...2 days ago - The kids are right to be angryEven if we take action and slow the pace of change, today's youth will live out their lives in a world fundamentally different from that enjoyed by older generations, Marc Daalder writes Comment: There is an intergenerational injustice at the heart of the climate crisis – that the people most responsible for ...2 days ago
- Newsroom daily quiz, Friday 26 May
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...2 days ago - Fiji’s Great Council of Chiefs reinstates native land lease policyBy Iliesa Tora, RNZ Pacific senior journalist, and Kelvin Anthony, lead digital and social media journalist Fiji’s Great Council of Chiefs has endorsed the reinstatement of a lease distribution policy with the iTaukei Land Trust Board. The decision was reached by interim council members who met on Bau Island yesterday ...3 days ago
- Grattan on Friday: Labor’s national conference looms but the party’s rank and file has lost its ...Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Stuart Robert, one of the ministers involved in the notorious Robodebt scheme, can anticipate some sharp criticism when the royal commission’s findings come. Robert won’t be able to avoid the flak, but he has made ...3 days ago
- Empowerment, individual strength and the many facets of love: why I fell for Tina TurnerSource: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Leigh Carriage, Senior Lecturer in Music, Southern Cross University For singers – amateur and professional alike – the name Tina Turner evokes instant reverence: Turner is a singer’s singer and perhaps the performer’s performer. A highly successful songwriter, the consummate dancer ...3 days ago
- PODCAST: How Stable is Russian President Vladimir Putin’s Hold on Power?PODCAST: In this the second episode of A View from Afar podcast for 2023, political scientist Dr Paul Buchanan and Selwyn Manning will analyse the question: How stable is Russian Federation President Vladimir Putin’s regime? PAUL AND SELWYN look at this question from a number of angles, and, ...3 days ago
- A polling snapshotHere’s a look at the lay of the polling land, including tonight’s new 1News Kantar Public poll that had National and Act out in front. ...3 days ago
- New poll: Post-budget slump shows National and Act could governA post-budget slump would see National and Act able to govern, according to a new 1News Kantar Public poll. The new poll has National up three points to 37%, compared with Labour down one to 35%. Act is steady on 11%, while recent ructions in the Greens have seen the ...3 days ago
- Political poll puts National and ACT in driver's seatNational and ACT could form a government under the latest 1News-Kantar political poll, with Christopher Luxon's personal popularity slightly bouncing back. ...3 days ago
- What was behind Australia’s potato shortage? Wet weather and hard-to-control diseasesSource: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ronika Thapa, PhD Student, University of Tasmania Shutterstock If you’ve been into a fish and chip shop in the last 12 months, you may well have seen a notice tacked to the wall about the impact of the potato shortage. ...3 days ago
- Why is climbing Mount Everest so dangerous?Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brad Clark, Senior research fellow, University of Canberra Shutterstock The recent death of Australian man Jason Kennison after reaching the summit of Mount Everest highlights how dangerous mountain climbing can be.Details of what went wrong as ...3 days ago
- Politics with Michelle Grattan: Labor’s Julian Hill on employment, AI, Julian Assange and TikTok
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The federal budget gave a much-needed, but very modest, increase to those on JobSeeker and associated payments. However, it didn’t address that other important issue of the unemployed: how to help as many JobSeekers as ...3 days ago- Budget 2023: The things you might have missed
A week on from the Budget, RNZ has delved into some of the smaller but still noteworthy items in the government's list of spending. ...3 days ago- Expansive, exciting and free: how Zelda’s Tears of the Kingdom unlocks the potential of open world...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James Birt, Associate Professor of Computer Games and Associate Dean Engagement, Bond University Nintendo Whether you’re an experienced gamer or simply curious about the allure of open world games, Nintendo’s latest installment in the long-running (35-year) Zelda franchise, Tears of ...3 days ago- Government confirms another 10 projects for regional fund
The government has revealed 10 projects set to collectively benefit from $24 million out of its regional investment fund. ...3 days ago- New Zealand to send $7.75m aid to Horn of Africa
Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta has announced the funding for drought disaster relief across Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia. ...3 days ago- Another urban planning fail, and Auckland’s outer suburbs get shafted
With National pulling the pin on the cross-party housing accord, the glimmer of hope that Auckland would be forced, finally, to share density fairly across the isthmus is extinguished – and Ben Gracewood is livid. Turns out I’m a gullible idiot. Through decades of planning change I remained optimistic that ...3 days ago- Murderer Mark Lundy's parole bid denied
*This story was originally published on RNZ and is republished with permission* Mark Lundy has been denied parole today after serving almost 21 years for the August 2000 murders of his wife and daughter in Palmerston North. He told the Parole Board he maintained his innocence and that he did ...3 days ago- Working from home immoral? A lesson in ethics, and history, for Elon Musk
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Dale Tweedie, Senior lecturer, Macquarie University Lewis Hine/Shutterstock Elon Musk doesn’t like people working from home. A year ago he declared the end of remote work for employees at car maker Tesla. Now he has called the desire of the ...3 days ago- Meningococcal death in Wellington prompts call to watch for symptoms
Wellingtonians should be on high alert after a recent death from meningococcal disease in the capital. Te Whatu Ora said symptoms, which include a fever, vomiting and muscle pain, typically develop very quickly over a few hours, but in some cases may develop more slowly over several days. A person ...3 days ago- Court acquits Tahitian politician Oscar Temaru in anti-nuclear radio case
RNZ Pacific The Appeal Court in French Polynesia has acquitted the pro-independence leader Oscar Temaru and two others in the case of the funding of community Radio Tefana. Pro-independence community station Radio Tefana … acquitted over the US$1 million broadcast case. Image: Radio Tefana/RNZ In 2019, Temaru was given a ...3 days ago- Are we jumping the gun on a gas stove ban?
Phase out natural gas before affordable alternatives are in place could risk further burdening an already overstretched national grid, writes John Tookey. Do you have gas? It’s a personal question that may cause offence – and not always for the obvious reason. Because the way we choose to cook or ...3 days ago- Pay boost for thousands of GP and community nurses
More than 6000 practice nurses are in line for an average 8 percent pay bump from 1 July, to address pay disparities with hospital nurses. ...3 days ago- What can we learn from the marriage equality vote about supporting First Nations people during the V...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Braden Hill, Deputy Vice Chancellor (Students Equity and Indigenous), Edith Cowan University In recent months in Australia, we have seen vigilante racism in Rockhampton, booing, abuse and vitriol directed at First Nations footy players, and the appalling treatment of First Nations children ...3 days ago- W.HO. Director General Seeking Powers To Override Sovereign States
Rt Hon Winston Peters New Zealanders will be highly concerned that the World Health Organisation proposes to effectively take control of independent decision making away from sovereign countries and place control with the Director General. W.H.O ...3 days ago- National's Nicola Willis confirms policy costings will be released earlier
After pressure to release its fiscal plan, National says its policy costings will be released earlier than the month before the election, as they had been planning. ...3 days ago- Revealed: Convicted Mama Hooch rapists worked at the bar
It’s been revealed the now-convicted rapists responsible for repeated drink spiking and assaults at Christchurch’s Mama Hooch bar worked at the venue. Name suppression has dropped today, meaning media have been able to report further details about the men accused of, and found guilty of, a string of offences. It’s ...3 days ago- World leaders are flocking to Papua New Guinea. Here’s why
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ian Kemish, Adjunct Professor, School of Historical and Philosophical Inquiry, The University of Queensland AP/AAP Papua New Guinea has been in the international spotlight over the past week, hosting a remarkable series of visits by foreign leaders and senior representatives. ...3 days ago- Could wildflowers and bug hotels help avert an insect apocalypse? We just don’t know – yet.
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rob Cruickshank, Lecturer – Teaching & Administration, University of Canterbury Getty Images Insects are in rapid decline. One study found the global total is falling by 2.5% a year, with insect species going extinct eight times faster than mammals, birds and ...3 days ago- A better plan to pay us all for cutting our carbon use
A cash dividend sounds good but has some big economic and behavioural drawbacks, says Bernard Hickey. The solution? Vouchers. This is an edited version of a post first published on Bernard Hickey’s newsletter, The Kākā. The Ministry for the Environment is reportedly looking at a ‘carbon dividend’ scheme that would recycle ...3 days ago- Buckle in for another poll
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Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Karen Dwyer, Professor, School of Medicine, Deakin University Legendary singer Tina Turner, who died this week at the age of 83 after a long illness, has written about her history of high blood pressure and kidney disease, leading to a kidney transplant. ...3 days ago- PNG corruption – ‘Our people think MPs are automatic teller machines’
EDITORIAL: PNG Post-Courier Are the voters responsible for the corruption in the country? Papua New Guinea’s Health Minister and Member for Wabag, Dr Lino Tom, seems to think so and he is partly right in his public statement on the matter in the PNG Post-Courier last month. Unlike in the ...3 days ago- Takaparawhau: The people’s story of the Bastion Point occupation, part two
May 25 marks 45 years since the arrest of more than 200 people at Takaparawhau, Bastion Point. In 1977 Joe Hawke, with the Ōrākei Māori Action Committee, led an occupation to protest the loss of Ngāti Whātua’s land rights. The following extract is from a commemoration book produced and edited ...3 days ago- Staffing And Workforce Resourcing Biggest Issue Facing General Practices Says ProCare
ProCare’s recent workforce survey reflects the sentiment felt across the industry – staff shortages and workforce resourcing issues are putting immense pressure on medical professionals trying to keep the community healthy. The top three issues ...3 days ago- Henry Cooke: Luxon’s housing backdown will come back to bite the right
A few years ago Labour and National worked out a truce on planning laws that radically deregulated the building of townhouses. Now, to please his party’s voting base, Christopher Luxon says they got it wrong. So many of New Zealand’s problems are downstream from housing. The poor stay poor because ...3 days ago- The scientific argument for keeping meat on our menus
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...3 days ago- Newsletter: May 25 2023 – Items of interest and importance today
New Zealand Politics Daily is a collation of the most prominent issues being discussed in New Zealand. It is edited by Dr Bryce Edwards of The Democracy Project. Today’s content ECONOMY, BUDGET, TAX Thomas Coughlan (Herald): Welcome to the age of the Bleurghget (paywalled) Luke Malpass (Post0: Adrian Orr and his committee give Grant ...3 days ago- Early childhood sector says Budget plan to to extend subsidy is unworkable
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Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marcin Glowacki, Research Associate, Curtin University ASKAP multiple landscape backview. CSIRO Astronomers have been working to better understand the galactic environments of fast radio bursts (FRBs) – intense, momentary bursts of energy occurring in mere milliseconds and with unknown cosmic origins. Now, ...3 days ago- Astronomers detected two major targets with a single telescope – a mysterious signal and its sourc...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Marcin Glowacki, Research Associate, Curtin University ASKAP multiple landscape backview. CSIRO Astronomers have been working to better understand the galactic environments of fast radio bursts (FRBs) – intense, momentary bursts of energy occurring in mere milliseconds and with unknown cosmic origins. Now, ...3 days ago- Help Me Hera: How do I get off my phone?
I’m addicted to my phone, and not in a productive way. Want Hera’s help? Email your problem to [email protected] Help me Hera Do you have advice on how to stop reaching for my phone first thing in the morning? Check texts, check emails, check weather, check Instagram, check horoscope, compulsively complete a ...3 days ago- The Bulletin: The government’s ‘short shower’ tips given the short shrift
The government launched a campaign yesterday in conjunction with a range of other agencies to encourage people to “find money in weird places”. The campaign includes tips like taking five minute showers and setting your heat pump to a maximum of 21 degrees. Am getting notes of the 2008 coalition government and ...3 days ago- Laws targeting protesters are being rushed through state parliaments. But they are often poorly desi...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sarah Moulds, Senior Lecturer of Law, University of South Australia Matt Turner/ AAP Across Australia, climate activists are testing the limits of what counts as lawful protest, in addition to the patience of commuters as their actions shut down roads ...3 days ago - Politics with Michelle Grattan: Labor’s Julian Hill on employment, AI, Julian Assange and TikTok
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